Zerene Stacker Professional v1.04 Build T202105051700

Zerene Stacker is focus stacking software designed specifically for challenging macro subjects and discerning photographers. Of course it works great with simpler subjects, close-ups, and landscapes also!

Zerene Stacker has several advantages over other commonly used stacking programs:
– Highest quality output images, especially in difficult cases
– Accurate and robust alignment and interpolation
– Advanced stacking algorithms
– Clean handling of hairs and bristles no halos or contour lines
– Preserves low contrast detail and avoids stacking mush with deep stacks
– Fast and flexible retouching makes it easy to combine the best features of multiple algorithms as well as original frames
– Retouching supported by all versions, even at the lowest price
– Supports 8- and 16-bit input and output files
– Can generate stereo and 3-D rocking animations from a single stack, even for difficult subjects with structural overlaps and bristles.
– Fully utilizes modern multi-core processors and multi-processor computers

Used by:
– Professional photographers
– Individual enthusiasts
– Government & industrial research labs
– Universities
– Museums
– Schools
– People like you!

For these subjects:
– Landscapes
– Architecture
– Flowers
– Insects
– Jewelry
– Mineral samples
– Sculptures

Works with any digital camera:
– Any brand: Canon, Nikon, Sony, Pentax, Hasselblad, Leica, Olympus etc.
– Any size: digital back, full frame or APS-C DSLR, mirrorless, compact point-and-shoot, USB eyepiece, etc.
– Any other source of JPEG or TIFF files
– Does NOT control your camera, but works with other software that does.

Works with any method of focusing:
– Move the camera (focus rail, StackShot)
– Move the subject (focus stage)
– Turn the lens focus ring by hand
– Turn the fine focus knob of a microscope
– Automatically step the focus motor inside your lens (e.g. ControlMyNikon, CamRanger)

Features:
– Optimized for high quality output: "Better images, less work!"
– Unlimited stack depth, from 2 frames to 1,000’s if that’s what you need.
– Handles very large images, e.g. 200 megapixels from a high-end Hasselblad camera
– Best-in-the-business retouching capabilities
– Full control of all stacking parameters
– Automatic alignment and scale correction (focus breathing is no problem)
– Advanced stacking algorithms
– Highest quality interpolation methods, up to Lanczos 8 (16×16) if you need it.
– Lightroom plugin available

Release Notes
Bug fixes:
– File > Remove from list now removes cached copy of converted TIFF.
– StackShot controller now saves 6 digits for step size in predefined setups.
– StackShot controller, maximum rail speed was set wrong on launch with nonstandard drive pitch.
– DOF calculator clarifies the meaning of Step overlap

User Interface:
– Include File > Exit menu item in all Mac configurations.
– Stereo calculator panel, use P instead of Unicode checkmark which may be absent from installed fonts.

Requirements: Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, or XP

Homepage: http://zerenesystems.com